On April 11th, Andrea passed her qualifying exam and she is officially on track to get her Ph.D. We are so proud of all your hard work.
Welcome to Our Lab, Kate
We would like to welcome Katherine (Kate) Brand, a first-year student in the Department of Chemistry, to our laboratory group. She joins us from SUNY Oswego where she did her undergraduate work. We look forward to working with her over the next few years as she pursues her PhD degree.
Burn Run 2022
The Lab ran another race together this past Fall. The Burn Run is hosted by the East Syracuse Fire Department and raises money for the Burn Foundation of Central New York. This year, we had participants running both the 5K and the 10K as well as a few walkers. This was also the debut for our new lab t-shirts. We ended our time together with much-deserved donuts. Stay tuned for more lab outings!
Lab members attend ACS in Chicago
Sadie Novak and Dr. James Hougland attended the American Chemical Society meeting in Chicago in August. Sadie presented her poster entitled GOAT Herding: The Intracellular Trafficking Pathway for Ghrelin O-acyltransferase. She was also awarded the Division of Biological Chemistry Travel Award for this meeting. Well done!
REU Students Say Goodbye
Grace and Nico said goodbye to Syracuse University, but not before they presented their Summer research at the Syracuse SOURCE Summer Symposium. Thank you for all your hard work this Summer and we wish you all the best in your last year of undergrad.
Hougland Lab Attends FASEB Protein Lipidation Meeting in Vermont
Dr. Hougland co-organized and attended the FASEB Protein Lipidation Meeting in Saxtons River, VT with four of our graduate students. Our newest student, Andrea Sprague-Getsy, attended the conference and Mariah Pierce, Sadie Novak, and Amber Ford presented posters of their graduate work on ghrelin O-acyltransferase solubilization, cellular trafficking and biomarker viability.
Welcome 2022 REU Students
The Hougland Lab welcomes Grace Carlson and Nico Burgado for this Summer as REU students.
Taste of Syracuse 2022
The Taste of Syracuse was back on for 2022 and the Hougland lab represented! Some of the favorites included: Lavender Lemonade from Birdsong Cafe, Chicken and Rice from Syracuse Halal Gyro, and Strawberry Shortcake Donuts from Glazed and Confused.
Students Attend Graduate Student Symposium in Buffalo, NY
Mariah Pierce and Sadie Novak attended the 39th Annual Chemistry GSS in Buffalo, New York from May 17-19. Mariah was able to give a talk on her research entitled “Purification of the integral membrane enzyme human ghrelin O-acyltransferase (GOAT)” and Sadie presented a poster of her research on “Determining key sequence elements controlling intracellular trafficking of ghrelin O-acyltransferase”, which was selected as the runner up for Best Poster. Congratulations to you both!
Congratulations, Andrea!
Congratulations are in order for Andrea, our newest member of the lab. She officially passed all her breadth exams and is ready for a busy Summer of research in the lab. Bubble teas for all:)
